'DOLE's decision on labor exec an insult to OFWs'

ABS-CBN News

MANILA – The decision of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to clear a former assistant labor attaché in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia of three counts of administrative charges of sexual harassment for lack of merit is deemed an insult to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Villafuerte was cleared of other charges due to lack of factual basis. The DOLE said the complainants did not appear in the hearings and have not submitted testimonies of other witnesses to support their claims against the former assistant labor attaché.

He said the DOLE should have made an effort to help the complainants instead of only protecting its personnel.